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Economic glob.

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Financial transactions are increasingly global.

Ecnomies of nation states are part of a global ecenomic system.

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Political Glob.

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UN, NATO - more and more nation states are becoming members of int’l organisations

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Cultural Glo. -

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the world is increasingly exmposed to Western tastes, styles and fashions
by int’l marketing and TNC’S (cultral homogenization)

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Glob at risk

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Urlich Beck - global risk scoiety , Global risks cross national boundaries eg. global warming, pollution, deforestation

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What is media imperialism (losing identity)

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Media imperialism is a theory that suggests that smaller countries are losing their identity due to the dominance of media from larger nations